Tammy Lee "Barbie" Shewchuk (born December 31, 1977 in Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Saint-Laurent, Quebec

Saint-Laurent is a former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is now the largest in area of the boroughs of the city of Montreal....

) is a women's ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. Shewchuk was a member of the 2000 and 2001 gold medal teams at the Women’s World Hockey Championships. She also competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 in Salt Lake City and contributed with two points (a goal and an assist) as Canada captured the Gold Medal. The Olympic gold medal was particularly special for Shewchuk as she was a late cut for the 1998 Olympic team.

Early years

Prior to the 2002 Olympics, Shewchuk was setting records. The New Year’s Eve baby was the first female non-goaltender to play in the renowned Québec PeeWee tournament. The first boys team she competed with was the Lac St-Louis Lions in 1994 as a forward and the only female on the team. She also played for Team Quebec at the 1991 and 1995 Canada Winter Games.
Shewchuk attended and played hockey for The Taft School

The Taft School

The Taft School is a private, coeducational prep school located in Watertown, Connecticut, USA. The school was founded by Horace Dutton Taft in 1890. It has 570 students, about 470 of whom live on the campus. Taft is a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization...

 and Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

.

Harvard Crimson

During the 2000-01 season, Shewchuk led the NCAA in assists per game with 1.48. At the time of her graduation from Harvard, Shewchuk was the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer. Shewchuk set records for goals (160), career assists (147), and career points (307). In 1998-99, Shewchuk was named a First-Team All-American and led Harvard to the College Hockey Championship. For her contributions, Shewchuk earned Harvard’s John Dooley Award for combining sportsmanship, enthusiasm, and devotion to hockey.

Personal

She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English literature. Tammy has since coached hockey at Lawrenceville School

Lawrenceville School

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 and Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

. She is married to Michael Dryden, son of hockey hall of famer Ken Dryden

Ken Dryden

Kenneth Wayne Dryden, PC, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former NHL goaltender. Dryden is married with two children and four grandchildren and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame...

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Awards and honors

• United States College Hockey Online Offensive Player Of the Week (Week of November 24, 1998)
• Tammy Lee Shewchuk, 1999, 2000, 2001 ECAC All-Tournament team
• 1999 American Women's College Hockey Alliance All-Americans, First Team
• Top Three Finalist for 2001 Patty Kazmaier Award
• 2010 Inductee, Women's Beanpot Hall of Fame